Nginx
nginx.org ↗Open sourceSelf-hostable
High performance load balancer, web server and reverse proxy.
CategoryWeb Servers
PricingFree, open source+ paid cloud / support
Self-hostableYes
Repositorynginx/nginx
LicenseBSD-2-Clause
LanguageC
Last activitySep 2026Active
Repository
From GitHub · updated Oct 4
Stars32k
Forks8.3k
Open issues452
Last pushSep 2026
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